Corticolous lichens as environmental indicators in urban areas in southern Brazil

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1319-1332

  Käffer, Márcia Isabel ^a,b   Martins, Suzana Maria De Azevedo ^b   Alves, Camila ^b   Pereira, Viviane Camejo ^b   Fachel, Jandyra ^a   Vargas, Vera Maria Ferrão ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Programa de Pesquisas Ambientais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Environmental Classification Factor; IAP; Lichenized mycota

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; BIO-INDICATORS; BIOMONITORING; CORRECTION FACTORS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSIFICATION FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; IAP; LICHENIZED MYCOTA; MORPHOLOGICAL FORMS; RUBBER BANDS; SAMPLING STATIONS; SENSITIVE INDEX; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; URBAN AREAS; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; PARKS; RATING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HEIGHT; HOST PLANT; LICHEN; MICROCLIMATE; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; PORTO ALEGRE; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; VIAMAO;

MYCOTA;

EID: 79955805186     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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